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TUE

Athletes who have been identified as included in FINA’s Registered Testing Pool (RTP and TP) and athletes who participate in FINA competitions, may only obtain therapeutic use exemptions in accordance with the rules of FINA.

A FINA’s competition is a competition with FINA in the title (i.e FINA Swimming World Cup, FINA World Juniors

TUE Recognition

FINA does not automatically recognise TUE from other Anti-Doping Organisation. It only requires a quick review by the FINA TUE Committee (TUEC).

Therefore, in the absence of such automatic recognition, the Athlete who has received a TUE from her/his Anti-Doping Organisation, shall submit a request for recognition of the TUE to FINA, either via ADAMS or by email at antidoping@fina.org.

The request should be accompanied by a copy of the TUE and the original TUE application form and supporting materials referenced at Articles 6.1 and 6.2 of the WADA TUE Standards (unless the Anti-Doping Organization that granted the TUE has already made the TUE and supporting materials available via ADAMS or other system approved by WADA, in accordance with Article 5.4).

TUE Renewal

IMPORTANT : once a Therapeutic Use Exemptions (TUE) has been approved, it is the responsibility of each athlete to renew their TUEs upon expiry if necessary.

The presence in urine of salbutamol in excess of 1000 ng/mL or formoterol in excess of 40 ng/mL is not consistent with therapeutic use of the substance and will be considered as an Adverse Analytical Finding (AAF) unless the Athlete proves, through a controlled pharmacokinetic study, that the abnormal result was the consequence of a therapeutic dose (by inhalation) up to the maximum dose indicated above.